Defense Architect
Defense Architect counts the barricades you place on a battlefield before a fight. It is a Smithing inspiration with a free first level, and it appears once you research Simple Barricades.
Building a barricade at the Barracks does not count. The barricades you build there are your stock; at the battlefield’s build spot you pick from that stock and place them, and each one you place counts 1. When the fight is over, the ones still standing go back to the Barracks, so every battle lets you place them, and count them, again. A barricade destroyed in battle is gone.
What counts
| Do | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Place in battle | Archer Tower I | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Archer Tower II | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Archer Tower III | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Barricade I | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Barricade II | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Barricade III | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Fortified Barricade I | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Fortified Barricade II | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Fortified Barricade III | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Spiked Barricade I | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Spiked Barricade II | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
| Place in battle | Spiked Barricade III | battlefield, using ones built at the Barracks |
Levels
| # | Name | Total needed | Faith | Talent exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Architect I | 1 | free | 1 |
| 2 | Defense Architect II | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Defense Architect III | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Defense Architect IV | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | Defense Architect V | 20 | 25 | 1 |
| 6 | Defense Architect VI | 50 | 50 | 2 |
Totals are counted from the start, not per level. Buying a level costs Faith from your backpack and gives talent experience; see Talents and Inspirations.
Notes
- The first battle already completes the first level. The story needs Barracks quality 12 before it, which is two Barricades I if you pay the mercenaries. The second level needs 4, and with 26 battles in the game the later levels come from replacing what gets destroyed.
- All three kinds of first-tier barricade count the same, as do their second and third tiers and the archer towers.